Richard Franki
![1]() - News- CDC: Flu activity ‘high’ in nine states- December 28, 2018- The proportion of outpatient visits for influenza rose from 2.7% to 3.3% in the last week. 
![1]() - News- 2018-2019 flu season starts in earnest- December 26, 2018- Highest level of influenza activity seen in two states for the week ending Dec. 15. 
![1]() - News- Drug overdose deaths down since late 2017- October 23, 2018- Longer-term trend, however, shows an increase of 2.7% during the 12 months ending in March 2018, compared with March 2017. 
![1]() - News- Confirmed: Growth in overdose deaths is exponential- September 20, 2018- Opioid epidemic appears to be “the most recent manifestation of a more fundamental, longer-term process.” 
![1]() - News- Service, please: Hospital setting matters for pneumonia- September 5, 2018- Frequency of bacteriology/microbiology testing, CT scans differs between inpatient and ED settings. 
![1]() - News- Ranked: State of the states’ health care- August 7, 2018- Vermont’s good outcomes and low costs have the rest of the country green with envy. 
![1]() - News- Fentanyl analogs nearly double their overdose death toll- July 13, 2018- From 2016 to 2017, carfentanil-related deaths were up 98%. 
![1]() - News- Boston Children’s Hospital named nation’s best- June 26, 2018- U.S. News & World Report ranks the top children’s hospitals for 2018-2019. 
![1]() - News- Zika topped Lyme in 2016- May 10, 2018- In the race between ticks and mosquitoes, who do you root for: Lyme or Zika? 
![1]() - News- Female physicians face enduring wage gap- April 27, 2018- Earnings for women in the 50 largest metro areas came up short by 27.7% last year. 









